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A lot of great stuff happening lately. First, I want to give a shout out to my shout out in bestselling author Jon Ronson‘s new (and excellent) book, So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed. It’s about the rise of shaming culture on the internet, and its repercussions. The book is funny and poignant, and having been a huge Jon Ronson fan since his first book, Them: Adventures with Extremists, I’m thrilled to be included in it.

Hilariously (perfectly) enough, Jon Ronson mentions my asshole. And then Jon Stewart praised the book as “wonderful.” So I’m just going to go out on a limb and pretend that that somehow means that I was on the Daily Show. Or, um, my asshole was, anyway.

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Me with Brad Kalvo, David Anthony, Dirk Caber, and a funny porny mustache. From After the Heist

I appeared on the Grimerica podcast with Skeptiko host and author of Why Science Is Wrong about Almost Everything Alex Tsakiris. Along with weirdness/occult writer Red Pill Junkie and hosts Graham and Darren, we cover a lot of ground: Psychoanalysis, what to do about climate change, virtual reality models of the universe, how to fight conspiracies, and more. These sorts of boundary-less conversations often have a Burning-Man-meets-The-Matrix thing going on, of course. But they also have the more serious function of pushing me (and hopefully listeners!) into a creative and speculative way of thinking. The alternating currents of playful and thoughtful do something interesting when they collide. So listen and take it very seriously and also don’t take it seriously at all.

My short graphic horror story, “Hex Change,” co-created with artistAmit Elanwill be out later this year in the anthology Horror International. I couldn’t be happier to be amongst the amazing contributors, including such luminaries asDiamanda GalasandJoe Lansdale!

I’ll be posting updates on the anthology as well as where you can get a copy as the publication date draws closer. For now, here are a few sample panels and pages I co-created with Amit (some finished, some unfinished)